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Can I upgrade my M1330's Nvidia video to that of the Studio 13 XPS?
I was reading a review today of the new XPS studio 13 (or is it studio 13 XPS?) laptop. Other than the leather it appears to have the same chassis and components as my XPS M1330. My laptop is running the Nvidia Geforce 8400M 128MB video card and I see that the Studio comes with an NVIDIA GeForce 9500M (256GB) - GeForce 9400M + GeForce 9200M GS video card. Can I upgrade my M1330 to this card? It looks like the Studio has a GeForce MCP79MX Chipset but mine appears to be running the PM965 chipset. Is this a limiting factor?
Thanks in advance.
jerkychew
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May 6th, 2009 14:00
I may have found my answer. It looks like the Studio has the "dual GPU" setup like the Macbook Pro, where you can enable the onboard or discrete video depending on your needs. Plus it looks like it can handle 8GB of RAM where my M1330 tops out at 4. Guess I'll put the M1330 on ebay and plan on upgrading!
Here's the review if anybody is interested: http://hothardware.com/Articles/Dell-Studio-XPS-13-Evaluation/
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May 6th, 2009 15:00
The answer is no -- you cannot use the board from the newer system in the older chassis.